Lahna Turner: Comedy Journey, Family, & Co-Directing "Come What May"
Industry Standard w/ Barry Katz
Barry Katz
4.7 • 951 Ratings
🗓️ 27 May 2026
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Lahna Turner is a stand up comedian, writer, musician, and filmmaker whose career has been deeply shaped by the balance between comedy, motherhood, and life on the road. Known for blending personal storytelling with music and sharp observational humor, Turner built a career while also raising a family alongside her late husband, comedian Ralphie May. Their relationship, both onstage and off, became a major part of her creative life, as she supported May through the height of his comedy career while continuing to develop her own voice in stand up.
Through both her comedy and filmmaking, Lahna Turner’s work reflects resilience, honesty, and the reality of trying to hold together family, creativity, and life in entertainment, even when the spotlight becomes difficult to carry.
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| 0:00.0 | Matt walked through the room and yelled audibly, man, this is going to suck. |
| 0:06.4 | And I was just standing there. I've never done stand up before. |
| 0:09.1 | There was a moment where the room just felt silent because there were people in the audience who had no idea what was going on. |
| 0:18.3 | Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome my guest today. |
| 0:20.9 | What an honor, Alana Turner. |
| 0:24.6 | How you doing, Killer? |
| 0:25.7 | It's my honor. |
| 0:26.7 | It is? |
| 0:27.7 | Yeah. |
| 0:28.7 | Somehow I doubt it. |
| 0:29.7 | No, don't doubt that. |
| 0:30.6 | Absolutely, like 10,000 percent. |
| 0:32.6 | Oh, 10 million. |
| 0:33.6 | Billion. |
| 0:34.6 | I have so many things to ask you. So many things to ask you. So many things to ask you so many things to ask you |
| 0:39.6 | because this interview is going to be fascinating because we have so many |
| 0:47.1 | things to cover we have your career we have your ex-husband's career, we have the project that's |
| 0:59.4 | intertwined together, that's the documentary film that's going to be premiering in Los |
| 1:07.0 | Angeles on April 28th and all through other locations all across the country. |
| 1:13.6 | We have all these different ancillary projects that are involved with you and your ex-husband, |
| 1:21.6 | Ralphie May, which is, like I said, the Come What May documentary. We have the comic book, or you call it a comic book. I like to call it a comic book. |
| 1:36.3 | And you also have the YouTube channel, which is insane. |
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